Monday, Nov. 12
Charles Allen, 75, Kingsport.
Ethel Mae Burleson, 91, Kingsport.
Jerold Culbertson, 33, Greensboro, N.C.
Ralph W. Dillow, 80, Atlanta, Ga.
Margaret Fink, 88, Kingsport.
Dee Elswick, 89, Wise, Va.
Lillie Hammonds, 88, Gate City, Va.
Roger H. Ireson, 60, Lebanon, Va.
Eugene R. Marshall, 70, Gray.
James McGee, 76, Gate City, Va.
Virginia K. Minton, 85, Kingsport.
Julian Moore, 77, Erwin.
James Kyle Rogers, 44, Church Hill.
Bobby Gene Seal, 67, Cincinnati, Ohio.
N.T. Simerly, 73, Kingsport.
Bessie Smith, 77, Gate City, Va.
Jessie Stapleton, Rogersville.
James Templeton, Rogersville.
Jerry M. Vaughn, 46, Duffield, Va.
Dorothy J. Watts, 58, Kingsport.
Charles
Allen, 75, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Services for Charles Clelly Allen, 75, who passed away
Friday (Nov. 9, 2001), will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the
chapel of Colboch-Price Funeral Home, Rogersville, with the Rev.
William R. Allen and the Rev. Keith Osborne officiating.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Military graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at
Choptack Cemetery.
Ethel
Mae Burleson, 91, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Graveside services for Ethel Mae Burleson, 91, of
Alabaster, Ala., who passed away Friday (Nov. 9, 2001), will be at 2
p.m. today at the Oak Hill Cemetery. Officiating will be her
grandson, the Rev. Richard Jones.
The family will receive friends at 1:30 p.m. today at Oak Hill
Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Wellmont Hospice, 280 Steeles
Road, Bristol, Tenn. 37620.
An on-line guest book may be signed at www.legacy.com
Jerold
Culbertson, 33, Greensboro, N.C.
Graveside services for Jerold "Andy" "Tennessee T" Culbertson, 33,
of 887 Sunburst Lane, Greensboro, N.C., who passed away Friday (Nov.
9, 2001), will be conducted at 11 a.m. today at Yont family cemetery
at Treadway.
Johnson Funeral Home, Church Hill, is in charge of the arrangements.
Ralph
W. Dillow, 80, Atlanta, Ga.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Services for Ralph W. Dillow, 80, who departed to be
with the Lord on Saturday (Nov. 10, 2001), will be conducted at 8
p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, downtown.
Calling
hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Military graveside rites will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at
East Lawn Memorial Park by the American Legion Hammond Post No. 3.
Margaret
Fink, 88, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Graveside services for Margaret Clayman Fink, 88, who
went to be with the Lord Thursday (Nov. 8, 2001), will be conducted
at 11 a.m. today at the Gunnings Cemetery, Blountville.
Family and friends attending the graveside service will meet at the
cemetery at 10:55 a.m.
Pallbearers will be Paul Jennings, Jerry Jennings, Darrell
McConnell, Scott Moore, Ed Moore, Dan Hobbs, Herman Clayman, Don
Clayman and Jeff Parsons.
Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport, is in charge of the
arrangements.
Dee
Elswick, 89, Wise, Va.
WISE,
Va. - Dee Elswick, 89, passed away Sunday (Nov. 11, 2001) at
the Norton Community Hospital, Norton, Va.
He was a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Army.
Surviving are one daughter, Linda Bartley of Elkhorn City, Ky.; four
sons, Sammy Elswick of Jenkins, Ky., Tommy Elswick, Danny Elswick
and Eddie Elswick, all of Kona, Ky.; 10 grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren.
Calling hours are from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Sturgill Funeral
Home, Wise.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Bill Craft officiating.
Burial will follow in the Laurel Grove Cemetery, Norton, Va., with
military graveside rites being conducted by the VFW Post No. 4301 of
Norton and the DAV Chapter No. 56 of Wise.
Lillie
Hammonds, 88, Gate City, Va.
GATE
CITY, Va. - Lillie Ramey Hammonds, 88, passed away Sunday (Nov.
11, 2001) in Kingsport.
She was born in Scott County, Va., on Nov. 27, 1912, to the late
Alex and Callie Lane Ramey. She was a homemaker and former co-owner
of Hammonds Service Station and Grocery.
Mrs. Hammonds was of the Methodist faith.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her
husband, Albert H. Hammonds; three brothers, Willie, Hugh and Albert
Ramey; two sisters, Maggie Ramey and Ethel Peters; two sons-in-law,
Ed Barger and Bill Johnson.
Surviving are her daughters, Mrs. Eula Barger, Kingsport, Mrs. James
Troy (Daisy) Glenn, Nickelsville, Va., Mrs. Mary Johnson, Gray, and
Mrs. Ned (June) Sutherland, Kingsport; sons, Albert J. (Jack) and
Sandra Gilliam Hammonds, and Roy L. and Deborah Grizzle Hammonds,
both of Gate City; sisters, Mrs. Ryland (Charlsie) Roller, Duffield,
Va., and Mrs. Pauline Williams, Florida; brother, Elbert C. (Oakie)
Ramey, Gate City; grandchildren, Danny and Cathy Glenn, Mrs. Richard
(Jane) Glenn Hankins, Kathy Glenn Edens, John Talmadge Glenn, Mrs.
Ron (Rebecca) Barger Banton, Mrs. Shane (Allison) Hammonds Falin,
Mrs. Gerald (Martie) Sutherland Parks, Mrs. Bryan (Ashley) Hammonds
Mullins, Lauren Gilliam Hammonds, Aaron Mathew Hammonds, Jennifer L.
Johnson, Mrs. Coy (Melissa) Sutherland Robinson, Mrs. Mike
(Mechelle) Sutherland Brown; great-granddaughters, Avery, Sloan, and
Marlo Banton; great-grandsons, Tom, Jeremy and Ryan Glenn; several
nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Colonial Funeral
Home, Weber City, Va., or anytime at the residence of a daughter,
Eula Barger, Kingsport.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Claude Lane and the Rev. Daryl Kay Williams
officiating. A Remembrance will be provided by Rebecca Barger
Banton.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Holston View
Cemetery.
The family will be meeting at the funeral home at 10 a.m. to go in
procession to the cemetery.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of one's
choice.
Roger
H. Ireson, 60, Lebanon, Va.
LEBANON,
Va. - Roger H. Ireson, 60, of the Green Valley section,
died Sunday (Nov. 11, 2001) after a lengthy illness.
Born in Dickensonville in Russell County, Va., he had lived the past
28 years in Lebanon, after serving a tour in the army and living in
Detroit, Mich., and Bradenton, Fla.
He was a member of the Green Valley Baptist Church, and was a member
of the William Birchfield Masonic Lodge No. 294 A.F.&A.M. He had
also served several years as a volunteer in the Lebanon Lifesaving
Crew.
Mr. Ireson was a retired chief of security for Jewell Smokeless Coal
Company. He had also served as a Russell County deputy sheriff,
where he was honored as the Outstanding Young Law Enforcer of
1974-1975.
He was preceded in death by his father, G. H. (Hick) Ireson; his
mother, Rosa Nell Adams Bare; and a brother, William (Bill) Ireson;
and his beloved cat, Snowball.
Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Jean Garrett Ireson; a
daughter, Sandi and her husband Charles (Bobby) Fogleman; a son,
Jerry Ireson and his wife Angie; one granddaughter, Caroline
Elizabeth Rose (George) Fogleman, all of Lebanon; one sister and
brother-in-law, Shirley and Wayne Goodman, Las Vegas, Nev.; two
brothers, Robert (Bob) Ireson, and Rex Ireson and wife Cindy, all of
Castlewood, Va.; his stepmother, Nora Ireson, of South Carolina; his
stepfather, L.H. (Herb) Bare, Lebanon; stepsister and
brother-in-law, Linda and Don Couch, of South Carolina; stepbrother,
Lawrence Bare, of Florida; an uncle, Elbert Ireson, Kingsport; also
several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be after 6 p.m. today at the Green Valley Baptist
Church where Masonic rites will be conducted at 8 p.m. today by the
William Birchfield Masonic Lodge No. 294 A.F.&A.M.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the church with the
Rev. Darrell Fletcher and the Rev. Austin Fields officiating.
Entombment will follow in the Ketron Memorial Gardens Mausoleum.
Leonard Fletcher, George Tetter, Don Mosier, Curtis Adams, James
Keene, Jeff Sutton, Robert Odham and Fred Moore will serve as
pallbearers.
Thomas (Red) Simmons, Sam Glovier, Bob Phillips, Steve Wallace, Fred
Wallace, Harold Puckett, Otis Ray, Andy Walls, J.U. Brown and the
members of the Green Valley Baptist Church Mens Sunday School class
will serve as honorary pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Green Valley
Baptist Church Children's Fund, Route 2, Lebanon, Va. 24266.
Combs Funeral Service, Lebanon, Va., is serving the Ireson family.
Eugene
R. Marshall, 70, Gray.
GRAY
- Eugene R. Marshall, 70, of 1237 Olde Oaks Drive, died
suddenly at the Fayette Community Hospital, Fayetteville, Ga., on
Thursday (Nov. 8, 2001).
A native of Stamford, Conn., he was the son of the late Raymond and
Emma Gillen Marshall. He had been a resident of the Gray area for
the last 11 years.
Mr. Marshall was a retired engineer, former professor and a 20-year
retiree of the U.S. Air Force.
He was a member of the Our Saviour Lutheran Church, the Primetimers
Club, the Lutheran Brotherhood of the Mt. Empire No. 2, and the
TROIA of the Mt. Empire.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia R. Marshall; and a
grandson, Donald Marshall.
Survivors include his wife, Elisabeth S. Marshall; three sons, the
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall, Union City, Maj. Thomas R. Marshall,
Stockbridge, Ga., and Jeffrey R. Marshall, Franklin, Tenn.; a
daughter, Susan M. Marshall, Gray; and a sister, Kathi Kazanjian,
Mobile, Ala.; seven grandchildren; and one niece and two nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Morris - Baker
Funeral Home, Johnson City.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Our
Saviour Lutheran Church. The service will be under the direction of
the Rev. Jim Nipper, the Rev. Stewart Marshall, the Rev. Karnig
Kazanjian and the Rev. David Mielke.
Mr. Marshall will be cremated.
For those who wish, memorials may be made in the form of
contributions to the Our Saviour Lutheran Church, Memorial Fund, 212
Sunset Drive, Johnson City, Tenn. 37604.
James
McGee, 76, Gate City, Va.
GATE
CITY, Va. - James Toliver McGee, 76, departed this life on
Sunday (Nov. 11, 2001) at Holston Valley Medical Center.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Scott
County Funeral Home, Weber City, Va.
Virginia
K. Minton, 85, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Services for Virginia K. Minton, 85, who died Saturday
(Nov. 10, 2001), will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the chapel of
Oak Hill Funeral Homewith the Rev. Mike Stout officiating.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. The
family will also receive friends at the residence of a sister,
Sophia Souder, 812 W. Carters Valley Road.
The graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Oak Hill
Cemetery.
The family will meet at the graveside.
An on-line guest book may be signed at www.legacy.com
Julian
Moore, 77, Erwin.
ERWIN
- Julian George "Bud" Moore, 77, died Sunday (Nov. 11, 2001)
at his residence.
He was a native of Louisville, Ky., but had lived in Erwin his
entire life. He was a son of the late Rufus Slaughter and Julia
Horne Moore.
He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater in World War II
from 1943 to 1945.
He received his B.S. degree from ETSU in 1954 and was a graduate of
the UT of Memphis where he received his DDS. He was a member of the
American Dental Society and the Tenn. State Dental Society.
He was also a member of Erwin Civitan, longtime member of Johnson
City Country Club, Elks Lodge of Erwin No. 1985, Tenn. Golf
Association and U.S. Golf Association.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Erwin.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an older
brother, Rufus Moore Jr.
Survivors include his daughter, Melynda (Bob) Whetsel of Knoxville;
two sons, Tad (Earlene) Moore of Greeneville, and Robert Martin
(Paige) Moore of Jacksonville, Fla.; sisters, Martha Baughn, Doris
McKernon, Mary Sowers and Peggy McCartey, all of California;
brothers, Louis Moore of Kingsport, Bill Moore of Bristol, Bob Moore
of California, Don "Red" Moore of Erwin, and Gene Moore of Hickory,
N.C.; grandchildren, Jackson Whetsel and Joshua Misener; companion,
Nadine Brennan Messerschmidt; former wife, Jane Boyd Lovelace of
Erwin; several nieces and nephews.
Arrangements are incomplete.
Snyder's Funeral Home, Gray, will be in charge of the arrangements.
James
Kyle Rogers, 44, Church Hill.
CHURCH
HILL - James Kyle Rogers, 44, of Lloyds Chapel Road, died
Friday (Nov. 9, 2001) in Church Hill.
He was born in Sullivan County and lived most of his life in Church
Hill. He was Scout Master and troop leader for Troop No. 149, Church
Hill, for several years. He worked in the construction trade.
He was preceded in death by a son, James Kyle Rogers Jr.; his
father, Bert Kyle Rogers; and brother, Carson Rogers.
Surviving are his mother, Mary Ann Gibson Rogers, Church Hill; his
sons, Daniel Will Rogers, Kingsport, Christopher "Bo" Rogers, Church
Hill, and Jeremy Shane Rogers, Kingsport; one sister, Pauletta
Rogers Christian, Church Hill; three brothers, Larry Wayne Rogers,
Kingsport, Mike Rogers and Roy Rogers, both of Church Hill; several
nieces and nephews.
Services were conducted Sunday at 5 p.m. in the chapel of
Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Church Hill, with the Rev. Gary Gerhardt
officiating.
A private burial was held at the Rogers' Family Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Boy Scout Troop No.
149, P.O. Box 146, Church Hill, Tenn. 37642.
Bobby
Gene Seal, 67, Cincinnati, Ohio.
CINCINNATI,
Ohio - Bobby Gene Seal, 67, passed away Friday (Nov. 9,
2001) following a two-month battle with bone and lung cancer.
Mr. Seal was born in Morristown, the son of the late Guy and Virgie
Seal. His mother, a school teacher, encouraged him and his siblings
to place education as the highest priority, and he graduated from
Church Hill High School in 1950 at age 16. He received a bachelor's
degree from ETSU in 1954, and a master's of business administration
from the University of Michigan in 1958.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. At age 20, he attended the naval
Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I., and became one of the
youngest graduates in the history of the naval OCS. During the end
of the Korean conflict, Mr. Seal was the quartermaster of a diesel
repair ship in Sasebo, Japan. The Navy promoted him to the rank of
lieutenant junior grade, and after the conflict ended, he was
stationed in Long Beach, Calif.
Mr. Seal worked for Procter & Gamble for 16 years. He began his
career in finance and eventually switched to marketing. Before age
40 he had become general manager of Folgers Coffee, and spent 18
months overseeing Folgers' operations in Milan, Italy.
After leaving P&G, Mr. Seal went into business for himself as a
management consultant, and in 1983, founded North American Software,
Inc., a software company that continues to operate in Cincinnati. As
president of the company, he conceived and built Broker's Helper, a
portfolio management and customer relationship management
application for stockbrokers. This product grew into a suite of
programs that now include Investment Advisor's Helper and Lawyer's
Helper.
Survivors include his wife, Katherine Mack Seal, Cincinnati; two
sons, Robert Seal and Kevin Seal, both of San Francisco, Calif.; one
brother and sister-in-law, Howard and Theresa Seal, Beaverton,
Oreg.; one sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Dr. Norman Davis,
Jonesborough; one niece, Dr. Becky Seal, San Francisco, Calif.;
three nephews, Scott Davis, Elizabethton, Jim Davis, Jonesborough,
and Chris Seal, Beaverton, Oreg.; one great-niece, Julie Davis,
Elizabethton; two great-nephews, Seth and Drew Davis, Elizabethton.
Calling hours are from 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson Funeral Home,
Church Hill.
Services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Mark Harrod officiating.
Burial will follow in Church Hill Memory Gardens.
Memorials should be sent to Hospice of Cincinnati.
Condolences may be e-mailed to [email protected]
N.T.
Simerly, 73, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- N.T. Simerly, 73, of Park Street, died at 8:15 p.m.
Saturday (Nov. 10, 2001).
Born in Carter County (Elizabethton), he served in the U.S. Army
from 1945 at the age of 15 until retirement on July 19, 1966, over
21 years of service. He received many honor medals, among them the
Asiatic/Pacific Theater Ribbon, World War II Victory Medal, Army of
Occupation medal with Germany clasp, Vittles clasp and Japan clasp.
He was a member of the Hawkins County VFW Post No. 9754 of Church
Hill.
He was also a member of the Ross Camp Ground United Methodist
Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Nat Simerly and Dora
Hartley Simerly; seven sisters; and seven brothers.
Surviving are his wife, Ruby Davis Simerly, of the home; three
sisters, Sally Johnson, Warren, Ohio, Hildred Montgomery,
Elizabethton, and Lois Perry, Akron, Ohio; one brother, Mack
Simerly, Newport News, Va.
Calling hours will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Carter-Trent Funeral
Home of downtown Kingsport.
Services will be conducted at 7 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Calvin Tabor officiating.
Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Liberty Hill
Cemetery in Mount Carmel with Fort Campbell. Ky., Honor Guard in
charge.
Pallbearers will be the Honor Guard of the U.S. Army from Fort
Campbell, Ky.
Honorary pallbearers will be Pat Ramsay, Carmon Simerly, Michael
Simerly, Brad Churchwell, Eric Davis, Chris Hill, Mikel Buchanan,
Joey Buchanan, Daniel Jones, Mike Howell and Michael Jenkins.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ross Camp Ground
United Methodist Church, building fund.
Bessie
Smith, 77, Gate City, Va.
GATE
CITY, Va. - Bessie Juanita Smith, 77, entered into rest
Saturday evening (Nov. 10, 2001) at Indian Path Medical Center.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Gate City
Funeral Home.
Jessie
Stapleton, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE
- Graveside services for Jessie Elizabeth Bloomer
Stapleton, born Feb. 3, 1915, who died at 9 a.m. Saturday (Nov. 10,
2001), will be held at 11 a.m. today at Highland Cemetery,
Rogersville.
Broome Funeral Home, Rogersville, is in charge of the arrangements.
James
Templeton, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE
- Graveside services for James Amos Templeton, who was
born Aug. 21, 1929 and passed away Friday morning (Nov. 9, 2001),
will be conducted at 11 a.m. today at Ebbing & Flowing Springs
Cemetery.
Colboch-Price Funeral Home, Rogersville, is in charge of the
arrangements.
Jerry
M. Vaughn, 46, Duffield, Va.
DUFFIELD,
Va. - Jerry M. Vaughn, 46, of the Mabe community, died
Sunday (Nov. 11, 2001) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Duffield
Funeral Home at Thomas Village.
Dorothy J. Watts, 58, Kingsport. Return To Top
KINGSPORT
- Dorothy JoAnn Watts, 58, 680 Bancroft Chapel Road, died
Sunday morning (Nov. 11, 2001) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical
Center after a brief illness.
She was born in Greene County and had resided most of her life in
Kingsport.
Mrs. Watts was of the Baptist faith.
She was an avid bird lover.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Karen Watts; parents,
Rome Adams and Iva Bowlin; one brother, Hartzell Zee Adams.
Survivors include her loving companion and husband of 25 years, Bud
Sisk; two sons, Lucky Watts and wife Rita, Roan Mountain, Troy Watts
and wife Barbara, Piney Flats; two grandchildren, Tiffany Watts and
Reese Watts; two sisters, Eastlee Vaughn, Churchill, Tenn., and
Shearmalean Johnson, Baileyton; four brothers, Marvin Adams,
Kingsport, Woody Adams, Jonesborough, Jerry Adams, Pickwick Dam,
Tenn., and Paul Adams, Fall Branch; several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral
Home, downtown.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel with Pastor Donald Winters officiating.
Graveside services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Tri-Cities
Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be the Tennessee
Peacemakers Motorcycle Club.
Published November 11, 2001
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